Tabs
I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE
As recorded by Alicia Bridges
(From the 1978 Album ALICIA BRIDGES)
Words and Music by Alicia Bridges & Susan Hutcheson
Transcribed by Slowhand
C majorC 
Cmaj7Cmaj7 
C7C7 
Fmaj7Fmaj7
x 3 2 0 1 0 x 3 2 0 0 0 x 3 2 3 1 0 x x 3 2 1 0
Fm6Fm6 
G+G 
FF 
AbAb
x x 3 1 3 x 3 x 0 0 0 3 x x 3 2 1 1 x x 6 5 4 4
Abmaj7Abmaj7 
Ab6Ab6 Ab(type 2) 
F/GF/G
x x 6 5 4 3 x x 6 5 6 x x x 6 5 4 x 3 x 3 2 1 x
F minorFm 
Fm7Fm7 
D MajorD 
Dmaj7Dmaj7
x x 3 1 1 x x x 3 1 4 x x x 0 2 3 2 x x 0 2 2 2
D7D7 
Gmaj7Gmaj7 
Gm6Gm6 
G minorGm
x x 0 2 1 2 x x 5 4 3 2 x x 5 3 5 x x x 5 3 3 x
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Piano'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Guitar'
Gtr III (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Saxophone'
Intro
Q=128
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C7C7
4/4
Gtr I
H. E MajorE E +H. E MajorE E +W W W
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
Gtr II Gtr I
H S S E MajorE E e H S E. Q W H +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +W
|-----------------|--------5s3------|-----------|-0----(0)-----1-|-(1)----||
|-----------------|--------5s3--5---|-----------|-1----(1)-3-1-3-|-(3)----||
|-----------5---7-|-------------5---|-----------|-2----(2)-----1-|-(1)----||
|-----------5-7---|-----------------|-----------|-3----(3)-----3-|-(3)----||
|-------5h7-------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|--------||
1st Verse
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C7C7
Gtr I
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr II
W H S S E MajorE E e W a Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|----------|----------------|----------|---3--------------|
|----------|--------------5-|----------|-3h5--3-------5---|
|----------|--------------5-|----------|--------5-----5---|
|----------|----------5-7---|----------|------------7---7-|
|----------|------5h7-------|----------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|----------|------------------|
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Fm6Fm6
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
W Q S S E MajorE E E MajorE a E MajorE E E MajorE E H e E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E E MajorE Q
|----------|--------------------|-----1----1---|-1-------------1---||
|----------|----8p5---5---------|---1------1---|-1-------------1---||
|----------|----------7-5---5---|---1------1---|-1---3p1---1-------||
|----------|--------------5h7-5-|---3------3---|-3-------3---3-----||
|----------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|----------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
Pre-Chorus
$
G+G FF
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
Q Q +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E +H H Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +H
|----3--(3)-x-x-x-|---x-x-7-(7)----|--------------|--5--4-3-1-(1)----|
|----3--(3)-x-x-x-|---x-x----------|--------------|------------------|
|----4--(4)-x-x-x-|---x-x-7-(7)----|-----------/5-|-(5)-4-3-2-(2)----|
|----5--(5)-x-x-x-|---x-x----------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
AbAb Abmaj7Abmaj7 Ab6Ab6 Abmaj7Abmaj7
Q. E MajorE +H Q. E MajorE +H
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W a a Q a a Q E MajorE E Q
|--------------|--------------------4----|
|--------------|-4h6p4-------4------4----|
|--------------|---------3h5p3------5----|
|--------------|------------------6------|
|--------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------|
G+G
W W
| |
/ /
Q e E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E
|----3-3-(3)-3------|--7-------5-7-3---|
|----3-3-(3)-3------|------------------|
|----4-4-(4)-4---/7-|-(7)------5-7-4---|
|----5-5-(5)-5------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
FF AbAb Abmaj7Abmaj7 Ab6Ab6 Ab(typeAb)
W W Q. E MajorE +H Q. E MajorE +Q Q
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE Q H Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +H
|----1-1-(1)-1------|--5----1------------|-----------------|--8--7-6-4-(4)-----|
|----1-1-(1)-1------|---------1-(1)------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----2-2-(2)-2---/5-|-(5)---2-------2----|--------------/8-|-(8)-7-7-5-(5)-----|
|----3-3-(3)-3------|-----------------3--|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Chorus
F/GF/G G+G C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C7C7
E MajorE e Q E MajorE e Q W H. E MajorE E +H. E MajorE E
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE e Q E MajorE e Q W Q q q q Q q q q
|---1-1----1-1--|-3--------||-3---3--3--3---|--3---3--3--3---|
|---1-1----1-1--|-3--------||-5---5--5--5---|--5---5--5--5---|
|---2-2----2-2--|-4--------||-5---5--5--5---|--4---4--4--4---|
|---3-3----3-3--|-5--------||---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------||---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------||---------------|----------------|
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Fm6Fm6 F minorFm Fm6Fm6 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
+W W H Q Q H. E MajorE E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Q q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE +Q. E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q q q q
|--3--3--3-3----|---10---8---5---4-|-(4)---4----4---|-3---3--3--3---|
|--5--5--5-5----|---10---8---5---3-|-(3)---3----3---|-5---5--5--5---|
|--3--3--3-3----|------------------|----------------|-5---5--5--5---|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
To Coda
C7C7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Fm6Fm6
+H. E MajorE E +H H W W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
Q q q q Q q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q Q E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--3---3--3--3---|--3--3--3-3----|---10---8---5\----|-------------------|
|--5---5--5--5---|--5--5--5-5----|---10---8---5\----|------4p1-----1----|
|--4---4--4--4---|--3--3--3-3----|------------------|--------------1----|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|----------3-3---3--|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|
2nd Verse
Fm7Fm7 Fm6Fm6 F minorFm C7C7 Cmaj7Cmaj7
Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E Q W W W
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
W H E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE S S e E MajorE Q W
|----------------||-------------|-------------12----8\--|------|
|----------------||--------5----|-----------------------|------|
|----------------||--------5----|------10s12-(12)-9-----|------|
|----------------||-------------|-----------------------|------|
|----------------||-------------|-----------------------|------|
|----------------||-------------|-----------------------|------|
C7C7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
W W
| |
/ /
S S e S S e S S E MajorE E E MajorE H. E MajorE S S
|---------------------------|-0---------10-10-|
|---------------5-(5)---5---|-1---------10-10-|
|-----5-5-(5)-5-7p=5--------|-2---------------|
|-----5-5h=7----------7-----|-3---------------|
|-5h7-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
F minorFm
W W
| |
/ /
e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE Q Q. E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|-10-8-8-8-x-5-x-5\--|-1----x-x-x-x-1--|
|-10-8-8-8-x-5-x-5\--|-1----x-x-x-x-1--|
|--------------------|-1----x-x-x-x-1--|
|--------------------|-3----x-x-x-x-3--|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
Saxophone Solo
D.S. al Cod&
Fm6Fm6 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7
W H. E MajorE E MajorE +H. E MajorE E MajorE
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/ / / / / /
W Q Q E MajorE E MajorE Q Q e S S E MajorE E e E MajorE
|----------||-----1--x--x--1/----||-------7------------------|
|----------||-----1--x--x--1/----||-------7----------7-------|
|----------||-1------------------||-------7-----7----7-------|
|----------||-3------------------||-------------7-9----------|
|----------||--------------------||---------7h9--------------|
|----------||--------------------||--------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~
| W H E MajorE e e E MajorE +H. Q
|----------||--------------------||--------------------------|
|----------||-----------------15-||-(15)------------18b20====|
|----------||----------14-16-----||--------------------------|
|----------||--------------------||--------------------------|
|----------||--------------------||--------------------------|
|----------||--------------------||--------------------------|
D7D7
H. E MajorE E MajorE
| | |
/ / /
Q E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE e E MajorE
|------------------------------5------|
|---------------------------7--7------|
|---------------------7-----7--5------|
|---------------------7--9------------|
|---------------7h9-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| +Q E MajorE E MajorE +Q E MajorE E MajorE
|-------------------------------------|
|-(18)r--17b19-15---(15)------17b18===|
|--------------------------16---------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Gmaj7Gmaj7
+W W
| |
/ /
+Q e E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q. S S +E MajorE S S E MajorE S S
|--(5)----5--------------------|---2-----5p2-(2)--2-2--2--5-5-|
|--(7)----7--------------------|---3--------------3-3--3------|
|--(5)----5-----------7---7----|---4--------------4-4--4------|
|---------------------7---9----|---5--------------5-5--5------|
|----------------7h=9----------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
| +Q e E MajorE +Q E MajorE E MajorE +Q Q E MajorE e e E MajorE
|------------------------------|-------------------------15---|
|-(17)r--17-15-(15)------------|-----------------15---17------|
|-----------------------/16----|-------------16---------------|
|---------------------------17-|-(17)-------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
Gm6Gm6 G minorGm Gm6Gm6 D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7
H Q Q H. E MajorE E MajorE
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S E. E MajorE E Q e S S E MajorE E e E MajorE
|---5p=3------------------------3---|-----------7------------------------|
|----------6p3------------------3---|-----------7-----------7------------|
|------------------5p=3---------3---|-----------7-------7---7------------|
|-------------------------------5---|-------------------7-9--------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------7h9-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~
| +H +E MajorE S S Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE S S
|-(15)-----------(15)---------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------18p17-15---|-17b19-15-17------15-----17-17b19===|
|-----------------------------------|-------------16---------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D7D7
+H. E MajorE E MajorE +W
| | | |
/ / / /
Q E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE e E MajorE +Q e E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------------------5----|-(5)---5----------------------|
|--------------------------7--7----|-(7)---7----------------------|
|---------------------7----7--5----|-(5)---5---------------7-7----|
|---------------------7--9---------|-----------------------7-9----|
|--------------7h=9----------------|-----------------7h==9--------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~
| +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S +Q E MajorE S S Q Q +Q. E MajorE
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(17)r-15-17----15-(15)-----------|-15---17b19====(17)r-------17-|
|-------------16-------------16-16-|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Gm6Gm6 G minorGm Gm6Gm6
W H Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
Q. S S +E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S E. E MajorE E
|---2---------5p2-(2)-2-2--2--5-5-|---5p=3--------------3---||
|---3-----------------3-3--3------|----------6p3--------3---||
|---4-----------------4-4--4------|----------------5p3--3---||
|---5-----------------5-5--5------|---------------------5---||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
| +E MajorE e E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE +H H
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-(17)-15-15------15------17------|-------------------------||
|------------16--------------15---|-(15)--------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
Out-Chorus
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7
H. E MajorE E +H. E MajorE E +W
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
Q e S S E MajorE E e E MajorE Q E MajorE S S E MajorE E e E MajorE +Q e E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE
||------7-------------|------------------5-|-(5)--5-------------|
||o-----7---------7---|----------------7-7-|-(7)--7-------------|
||------7-----7---7---|------------7---7-5-|-(5)--5-------7-7---|
||------------7-9-----|------------7-9-----|--------------7-9---|
||o-------7h9---------|--------7h9---------|----------7h9-------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Gm6Gm6 G minorGm Gm6Gm6
W H Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
Q. S S +E MajorE S S E MajorE S S S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S E. E MajorE E 4x
|-2----5p2-(2)-2-2-2-5-5-|-5p3--------------3-----||
|-3------------3-3-3-----|-------6p3--------3----o||
|-4------------4-4-4-----|-------------5p3--3-----||
|-5------------5-5-5-----|------------------5-----||
|------------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------------------|------------------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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